Catalogue Entry: MINT00915

Receipt for £3,727.1s.6d. in coinage duty from John Smith

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: Ms. 432, The Babson College Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, USA

Custodial History

In 2006, following the closure of the Dibner Institute, the holdings of the Babson Collection were transferred on permanent loan to the Hungtington Library, San Marino, California.

Contents

Somewhat bizarrely, the money is said to have been received on 5 July 1723 but the document is 'Recorded 2d Iuly 1723'.

Notes

Signed by Newton and witnessed by N. Collier.

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